DPN Topics
ONE STOP CENTRE SCHEME Subject : Government Schemes Context : One Stop Centre Scheme (OSCs) being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development has provided assistance to over 3 lakh women so far. Concept : One Stop Centre Scheme One stop centre is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Women […]
SHAHI LICHI Subject : Economy Context: In a major boost to export of GI certified products, season’s first consignment of Shahi Litchi from Bihar was exported to United Kingdom by air route. Concept : The Shahi Lichi is a variety of lichi that is grown in Muzaffarpur and has high pulp and is […]
SWAMIH Subject : Government Schemes Context : Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs handed over possession to homebuyers as Government of India’s Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) completes its first residential project. Concept : The residential project — Rivali Park in suburban Mumbai — is the first housing project […]
CDOM Subject: Science & tech Context: Recently, the Ministry of Science & Technology has said that the reduced the anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 imposed lockdown period indicated by decreased Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) build-up and nutrients in the Mandovi Estuary. Concept: Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) The dissolved organic matter is the largest […]
NIDHI Subject: Governance Context: Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has unveiled ‘Cool’ PPE Kits for Corona Warriors developed under National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI). Concept: What is ‘Cool’ PPE Kits for Corona Warriors? It is named as Cov-Tech developed by a student innovator Nihaal Singh Adarsh from […]
BELARUS Subject: Geography Context: The authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus sparked international outrage after his regime forced a commercial airline flying from Greece to Lithuania to land in its territory allegedly on the pretext of a bomb scare, so it could arrest a dissident journalist on board. Concept: The journalist, Roman Protasevich, […]
LAKSHADWEEP DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (LDA) Subject: Governance Context: Discontent is simmering in the Lakshadweep group of islands over the creation of a Lakshadweep Development Authority (LDA) by the new administrator PrafulKhoda Patel. Concept: Mr Patel, a BJP leader and former Home Minister of Gujarat, is the first political appointee as Administrator, a post mostly […]
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) Subject: International Organisations Context: Iran said that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and IAEA has expired and that its access to images from inside some Iranian nuclear sites would cease. The announcement raised further questions about the future of indirect talks under way between the United States […]
CHINA – CEEC Subject: International Relations Context: Lithuania said it was quitting China’s 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states that includes other EU members, calling it “divisive”. Concept: Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEE, China-CEEC, a) is an initiative by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
MOUNT NYIRAGONGO Subject: Geography Context: As the active volcano in Congo, Mount Nyaragongo, erupted again, the Indian Army contingent under the United Nations peace keeping mission (MONUSCO) assisted in protecting civilians and U.N. officials as well as assets during the evacuation. Concept: Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 […]